Serosurvey of sheep and goats to Chlamydia psittaci in Slovakia during the years 1996-2000

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 281-285

  Trávniček, Milan ^a   Kovacova D ^b   Zubricky P ^b   Cislakova L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b State Veterinary Institute   (Slovakia)

^c Department of Urology PJS University   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia psittaci; Complement fixation; Goats; IgG antibodies; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346612560     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/7895-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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